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Despite a hard-fought performance by the Pokes on both sides of the ball the Thunderbirds — who play in D-I’s Football Championship Subdivision — wore down the Cowboys late in the game and outscored the Cowboys 24-3 in the second half of play en route to the win.

Strong hitting in the fourth and fifth sets of Saturday night’s match at Fort Lewis lifted the New Mexico Highlands volleyball team to a come-from-behind win and a split of the team’s opening weekend of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schedule.

NMHU is 4-6 overall and 1-1 in league play. The Cowgirls and coach Bryan Crawford host Eastern New Mexico on Tuesday in a non-RMAC match.

NEW YORK — The clock struck midnight, and the NHL turned into another sports league closed for business.
Unable to reach agreement on a new labor deal, the National Hockey League locked out its players at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, the third major pro sport to impose a work stoppage in the last 18 months, behind the NFL and NBA.
The action also marks the fourth shutdown for the NHL since 1992, including a year-long dispute that forced the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season when the league successfully held out for a salary cap.

The Mountain Lions of Colorado-Colorado Springs maintained their unbeaten start at the expense of visiting New Mexico Highlands on Friday in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women’s soccer opener.

UCCS won 2-0 to run its record to 5-0. Highlands slid to 2-3.

Agnes Arnadottir scored on a penalty kick at the 27:15 mark of the first half.

In the 30th minute, Brooke Tominello scored off an assist from Lindsey Birdseye and Hannah Levett.

Neither team scored for the remaining hour and 53 seconds of regulation time.